Well, my first Mother’s Day has come and passed, and it was such a special day for me. To kick off the weekend, on Friday night Tom and I picked up Mexican food and bubble tea (my favorite) and watched Shark Tank, which is our Friday night ritual. Saturday my dad came in town for the night so he could… View Post
Our Breastfeeding Journey: Getting Started
Judge me all you want, but when I found out I was pregnant I already had it set in my mind that I did not want to breastfeed. I thought it was weird and kind of gross. The only reason I agreed to try breastfeeding was because my husband asked me to because he knew the health benefits it would… View Post
Weekend Recap & My Birthday
I had a fabulous, low-key birthday weekend! I snuggled with my sweet baby girl, spent quality time with my husband, and even got out of the house a little bit. Saturday was my birthday, and we started the day with a newborn photo shoot for Miss Maddie Grace. The photographer was so sweet and I can not wait to get… View Post
Maddie Grace ~ 2 Week Update
In some ways the past two weeks have flown by. In other ways they’ve been an incredibly long two weeks. They have been both amazing and incredibly challenging. Between the sweet, sweet cuddles we have shared with Maddie Grace to the sleepless nights and hour long screaming sessions, which usually end in both of us crying, these two weeks have… View Post
Postpartum Talk: Surviving the Baby Blues
(Normally this is more than I would share about myself, but during the last few weeks of my pregnancy I had several women reach out to me and warn me to be prepared to feel some level of sadness or depression after my baby was born. I thought they were crazy – how could I be sad when my little… View Post